Editing Paris (section)

===Sports===
{{see also|Football in Paris}}
[[File:Le Paris Saint-Germain reçoit l'AS Monaco au Parc en Coupe de France le 26 avril 2017.jpg|thumb|right|[[Parc des Princes]]]]
Paris's most popular sport clubs are the [[association football]] club [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.]] and the [[rugby union]] clubs [[Stade Français]] and [[Racing 92]] (the latter based in [[Nanterre]], a western inner suburb just outside the city proper). The 80,000-seat [[Stade de France]], built for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], is located just north of Paris in the commune of [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]].{{sfn|Lawrence|Gondrand|2010|pp=300–301}} It is used for football, rugby union and track and field athletics. It hosts the [[France national football team]] for friendlies and major tournaments qualifiers, annually hosts the [[France national rugby union team|French national rugby team]]'s home matches of the [[Six Nations Championship]], and hosts several important matches of the Stade Français rugby team.{{sfn|Lawrence|Gondrand|2010|pp=300–301}} The city and closer suburbs have a number of other professional and amateur football clubs: [[Paris FC]], [[Red Star FC]], [[US Créteil-Lusitanos|US Créteil]], [[Racing Club de France Football|RCF Paris]] and [[Stade Français (association football)|Stade Français Football]].

[[Rugby league]] is not a popular sport in Paris compared to other areas of France. Despite this, the capital has hosted several major events in the sport's history since the country's first game, and exhibition match between the [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia national team]] and a [[Rugby Football League|British League]] Select XIII, in December 1933. The [[Rugby League World Cup]] was first held in [[1954 Rugby League World Cup|1954]] with the [[Parc des Princes#Second stadium (1932–1972)|Parc des Princes]] hosting the opening match and the [[1954 Rugby League World Cup final|final]] in which {{rlnt|France}} finished as runners-up to {{rlnt|Great Britain}}. The newly rebuild [[Parc des Princes]] was later used for a group game of the [[1972 Rugby League World Cup]]. In 1996 and 1997, football club [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] entered created [[Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League|a rugby league club]] to participate in the [[Super League]].<ref>{{cite web |date= 25 March 2025 |title=Locations of League: Paris |url=https://www.totalrl.com/locations-of-league-paris/ |access-date=
24 April 2025 |publisher=TotalRugbyLeague}}</ref> In 2006, [[Catalans Dragons]] became the first French side to enter the [[British rugby league system]] following PSG's withdrawal. In 2026 they will move their home game against [[Wigan Warriors]] (world champions at time of planning) to Paris to celebrate 20 years of French clubs in the British game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/wigan-warriors/wigan-warriors-and-catalans-dragons-progress-paris-plans-for-2026-5074136 |title=Wigan Warriors and Catalans Dragons progress Paris plans for 2026 |work=Wigan Today |last=Darbyshire |first=Drew |date=8 April 2025 |access-date=15 May 2025}}</ref>

Paris hosted the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]], [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] and [[2024 Summer Olympics]]. The city also bid for the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], and [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic Games]] but lost to [[Barcelona]], [[Beijing]], and [[London]].

The city hosted the finals of the [[1938 FIFA World Cup final|1938 FIFA World Cup]], at the [[Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir|Stade Olympique de Colombes]], and the [[1998 FIFA World Cup final|1998 FIFA World Cup]], [[2007 Rugby World Cup Final|2007 Rugby World Cup]] and [[2023 Rugby World Cup final|2023 Rugby World Cup]], at the Stade de France. Paris hosted as well as the finals of the [[1960 European Nations' Cup final|1960]], [[UEFA Euro 1984 final|1984]] (both at [[Parc des Princes]] stadium) and [[UEFA Euro 2016 final|2016]] UEFA European Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 2023 |title=EURO 2016: All you need to know |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/025a-0ec0db63e375-e3d06be8c923-1000--euro-2016-all-you-need-to-know/ |access-date=6 June 2024 |publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> Three [[UEFA Champions League Finals]] in the current century have also been played in the Stade de France: the [[2000 UEFA Champions League Final|2000]], [[2006 UEFA Champions League Final|2006]] and [[2022 UEFA Champions League Final|2022]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4750383.stm |access-date=21 April 2013 |date=16 June 2006 |title=Arsenal aim to upset the odds |work=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912155904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4750383.stm |archive-date=12 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Tour de france 2010 - Champs Elysées n10.jpg|thumb|left|2010 Tour de France, [[Champs Élysées]]]]

The final stage of the most famous [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle racing]] in the world, [[Tour de France]], always finishes in Paris. Since 1975, the race has [[Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France|finished on the Champs-Elysées]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/overall-route.html |title=2013 route |work=Le Tour |access-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517063542/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/overall-route.html |archive-date=17 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tennis]] is another popular sport in Paris and throughout France; the [[French Open]], held every year on the red clay of the Roland Garros National Tennis Centre,<ref>{{cite web |title=Roland-Garros |url=http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/ |publisher=Roland Garros |access-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415075857/http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/ |archive-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> is one of the four [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] events of the world professional tennis tour. The 17,000-seat [[AccorHotels Arena|Bercy Arena]] is the venue for the annual [[Paris Masters]] tennis tournament. The Bercy Arena also hosted the [[2017 IIHF World Championship|2017 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship]], together with [[Cologne]], Germany. The final stages of the FIBA [[EuroBasket 1951]] and [[EuroBasket 1999]] were also played in Paris, the latter at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.

[[Basketball]] teams [[Levallois Sporting Club Basket|Levallois SCB]] and [[Paris Basket Racing]] merged in 2007 to create club [[Metropolitans 92]], which plays some of its games at the [[Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris)|Stade Pierre de Coubertin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://equipement.paris.fr/stade-pierre-de-coubertin-3024 |title=Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713191550/http://equipement.paris.fr/stade-pierre-de-coubertin-3024 |archive-date=13 July 2017 |publisher=Équipement-Paris |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> Another top-level professional team, [[Nanterre 92]], plays in Nanterre. Founded in 2018, [[Paris Basketball]] has seen rapid growth to success, winning the [[2023–24 EuroCup Basketball|2023–24 EuroCup]].

Professional [[handball]] club [[Paris Saint-Germain Handball|Paris Saint-Germain]] (the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) plays in the highest tier of French handball, the [[LNH Division 1]].

In 2023, a professional [[American football]] team, the [[Paris Musketeers]], were formed in the city<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paris Football Team {{!}} The Paris Football Team is an American football franchise of the European League of Football, based in Paris, France. |url=https://www.parisfootballteam.com/ |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923203752/https://www.parisfootballteam.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> joining the [[European League of Football]].